Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
Acting
Dietrich and Cooper's smoldering, ridiculous chemistry.
Cinematography
Borzage makes every frame look like a perfume ad.
Costume
Dietrich's wardrobe deserves its own billing.
Director
Frank Borzage
Marlene Dietrich
Madeleine de Beaupré
Gary Cooper
Tom Bradley
John Halliday
Carlos Margoli
William Frawley
Mr. Gibson
Ernest Cossart
Aristide Duvalle
Akim Tamiroff
Avilia
Alan Mowbray
Dr. Maurice Pauquet
Zeffie Tilbury
Aunt Olga
George MacQuarrie
Clerk With Gun
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Customs Official
George Davis
French Garage Man (uncredited)
Enrique Acosta
Pedro, the Butler (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Dietrich's first film after her iconic collaboration with Josef von Sternberg ended, and she fought hard to prove she could thrive without him.
The film's playful treatment of a criminal heroine was only possible in the final months before Hollywood's Production Code enforcement crushed this kind of moral ambiguity.
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